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After years of waiting, Capcom has officially announced a late 2018 release date for Mega Man 11. For many, many fans of the franchise, it is a long time coming. The last flagship game in the series, Megaman 10, released all the way back in 2010. And while we’ve seen a few spin-offs, mobile games, and anniversary re-releases since,…

Cult-classic Yume Nikki Returns After a Decade of Silence, to Showcases Once Again the Artistic Merit of Pixel Art Games in the Pursuit of Abstract Storytelling. I’ve always had a penchant for console games. I grew up playing them, starting with my dads NES and on to my own PlayStation’s and Xboxes, never really anticipating that I would ever…

I fell from Grace is one of the strangest games I’ve had the pleasure of playing in recent times. It’s such a nontraditional mix of elements that comes together to create a unique gaming experience. You assume the role of Henry, a worn down and low paid medical researcher whose wife, the titular Grace, is terminally ill. Just in…

Hyper light drifter is a delightful yet punishing action RPG developed by Heart Machine which debuted back in 2016. Since its release, fans have not been able to get enough of the games incredibly beautiful pixel art design and high action “The Legend of Zelda on crack” style of gameplay. If you’re playing through Hyper Light Drifter right now…

Haque is a fantasy rogue-like dungeon crawler rpg with an interestingly pixelated game design. The games successful Kickstarter generated over $6k and was published on Feb 23rd 2016. Haque takes elements from old school rpgs like Shining Force and adds roguelike elements for unlimited replay ability. Through tactical turn-based battles players will grind through dungeons full of…

Game: A Robot Named Fight Developer: Matt Bitner Games Our 1st Visit to a Distant World… Back in the late 1980’s: gamers played as Samus Aran in the original Metroid on Nintendo (1986) or Super Metroid on the SNES 8 years later. Metroid broke the mold with its side-scrolling, weapons based adventure, filled with secrets, upgrades, challenging boss battles, a…

Game: Peridium Developer: Powerhoof Platform: PC If you spliced the point-and-click mechanics of Escape from Monkey Island and the paranoid, gory horror of John Carpenter’s seminal masterpiece The Thing, you’d end up somewhere close to Peridium. Created as part of AdventureJam 2017 by Powerhoof, this short but atmospherically grisly point and click adventure is worth a play. You assume…

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